Rate My Professor Lloyd Potter

Potter's research interests span applied demography, demographic methods, epidemiology, suicide, violence, and mental health, as well as the demographics of water and energy consumption, transportation, and injury and violence prevention. His scholarship has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including Water, Energy Policy, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, and JAMA. Key publications include "Characteristics of impulsive suicide attempts and attempters" (2001), "School-associated violent deaths in the United States, 1994-1999" (2001), "Youth violence: Developmental pathways and prevention challenges" (2001), and more recent works such as "Predictors of Variations in Residential Water Consumption in Central Texas" (2022). With an h-index of 33 and over 4,400 citations, his research has attracted more than $4 million in funding since 2013 from the Texas Department of Transportation, National Science Foundation, City of San Antonio, and others. Potter has received the Texas Department of Transportation Road Hand Award (2022), Mark G. Yudof Endowed Professorship (2019), and Peter Flawn Professorship (2017). He participates in university governance through committees like the faculty senate and research committee, and serves as a board member and former chair of Community Information Now, a nonprofit organization providing data tools and analysis for Texas communities. As Texas State Demographer, Potter trains doctoral-level applied demographers and communicates demographic trends influencing public policy.